"I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process." - C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed Only others who have grieved can genuinely be a shoulder to cry on, offering complete understanding and empathy. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 13, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
"She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for." - Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38) It would be... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
"It's odd, isn't it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it's a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light candles and tell you that you're not alone." - Kristina McMorris, Letters From Home Being busy and... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
"Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, June 9, 2025
"Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo." - Hisham Matar, In the Country of Men Try to listen to a piece of music that makes you feel joy. While you may not yet be able to enjoy an upbeat party song, find a calm, cheerful song that makes you feel happy. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
"All things of grace and beauty, such that one holds them to one's heart, have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes." - Cormac McCarthy, The Road Seek out something beautiful today. Visit a greenhouse or a florist shop. The beauty of nature helps you to feel hope again... a... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
"When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing." - Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Have you been able to laugh yet? Can you see the humor in everyday things as you once did? With significant loss and sadness comes an initial... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 6, 2025
"I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures....We tell the story to get them back, to capture the traces of footfalls through the snow." - Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Tell a story... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
"Grief is love turned into an eternal missing." - Rosamund Lupton, Sister To have grief means that you have had love. A life without love would be far more difficult to bear than one with loss. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
"The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that, of course, we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious." - Francine Prose, Goldengrove. Have you picked up the phone to call your... Sign in to see full entry.